Removal of the 16-character limit for passwords in Azure AD

When we try office365 (email) password information says maximum 16.

Reedtechno thanks for the comment, we are investigating the ability to set custom password lengths but we do not have an ETA for this feature at this time. 

Mike-E we have heard the feedback for removing the password character complexity requirement, there are multiple moving parts to this work but it is on the radar. 

Awesome to see improvement, but are we also gaining the ability to set minimum length?  It is common knowledge that a 8 character password is not a good idea.  And it goes against many organizations password policies making the selfservice tool almost useless unless you want to throw your policy out the window.  Additionally the ability to control complexity requirements is a must.  MS has been a pushing some of the newer nist standards on passwords but azure goes against the standard.  

Why are you still requiring symbols and numbers?  Isn't length THE determining factor on how difficult it is to crack a password?  Requiring symbols and numbers (and all that upper/lower jazz) seems old skool at best.

Thank you to you and your team for taking this feedback seriously. 

Excellent response, bravo! 

sivey42  yes we are in the process of fixing that page as well.